R.J. Reynolds volunteers help Happy Hollow family

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Seven volunteers from R.J. Reynolds Co. spent Thursday doing landscaping work to help a Happy Hollow family that recently rebuilt the home they lost in the April 27, 2011, tornadoes.

Seven volunteers from R.J. Reynolds Co. spent Thursday doing landscaping work to help a Happy Hollow family that recently rebuilt the home they lost in the April 27, 2011, tornadoes.Susan Carter, program director for 211 First Call for Help and a member of the Etowah County long-term recovery committee, said the Lodge family was not ready for landscaping work to done in June when United Way of Etowah County had its Day of Action, although material had been donated for work.Carter said the United Way last month got a call from an official with R.J. Reynolds’ Rome, Ga., division, who was looking for a volunteer opportunity for the company’s annual Day of Caring volunteer activity. The group agreed to help at Happy Hollow, in southeast Etowah County. The volunteers, according to Carter, included sales and marketing associates from Alabama and Georgia.“We put this crew on that job, and they did a great job,” she said.

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